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Windows 7: Hard disk error help

I was using my laptop last night and it started becomin slow. I decided to restart thinking maybe that would help. It started fine until a black screen with a text came up. It said " hard disk error, press any keys to restart" I pressed random keys by it didn't work and the message kept repeating. I ten pressed CTRL + ALT + delete . It then restarted but the same thing happened. What should I do? I have a hp pavvilion entertainer pc . It's about 4-6 years old . Originally vista but is currently windows 7. Not sure but think its 32 bit . I'm only 13 and dont understand much of tech talk so please make it simple for me to understand . Please help me.

It's worth making sure your BIOS has SMART disk error reporting turned on so that any poor sectors are logged and data is not written to them... and there is a standalone facility called Spinpoint that can be found here and there on the internet which can help revamp failing platters on hard drives...

Hard disk error help

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- FIRST ERROR WHILE I OPENING LAPTOP (MESSAGE ON BLACK SCREEN)
* Serial number not found
- AFTER THAT ANOTHER MESSAGE ON BLACK SCREEN
*Smart hard disk error
the smart hard disk check has detected an imminent failure. to ensure not data...

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It shows up in the disk management as RAW file system,
I have almost 700 GB of important...

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Hard disk errorEvery now and then my system my locks up and I have to close it down and re-start and I'm away again. Hard disk 2 in a USB backup drive
I found this error in the event viewer
Log Name: System
Source: Disk
Date: 17/10/2010 23:13:28
Event ID: 11
Task Category:...